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January 5, 2022

Glenda Simms, first Black woman to head a federal agency

By Andrew Cardozo

Glenda Simms, first Black woman to head a federal agency Dr. Glenda Simms was the first Black woman to lead a federal agency when she was appointed President of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She passed away on December 31, 2021.

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Report on AGENDA 2022 – Conference

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Report on #AGENDA2022 Priorities for the new Parliament and Government Priorités pour le nouveau Parlement et le nouveau gouvernement December 6-8, 2021 / 6-8 décembre 2021 Canada has a new Parliament and Government. There are many critical issues that

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December 24, 2021

Guaranteed Livable Basic Income: Making it Affordable! (Hunsley)

By Terrance Hunsley, Editor, SocialCanada.org, and Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre

The coordinated actions of MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate are brilliant. They each tabled members’ bills in Parliament and the Senate proposing Guaranteed Livable Basic Income for the nation. They propose that a guaranteed income, based on the actu

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November 28, 2021

Will the Left Kill Basic Income (again)?

By Terrance Hunsley

From SocialCanada.org

When the NDP gained power in BC in 2017,  to fulfill a promise to the Green Party, they commissioned three academics as an expert group to study whether the province should adopt a Basic Income strategy and perhaps run a pilot project. In January of th

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October 25, 2021

Canada & Global Vax Inequity (Nair)

By Ashwin Nair

WHAT CANADA NEEDS TO DO ABOUT GLOBAL VACCINE INEQUITY As the country recovers from a third wave of COVID-19 infections, vaccinations have been ramping up. Canada now leads the world in terms of the share of the population vaccinated with at least one d

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October 25, 2021

New Cabinet considerations (Cardozo)

By Andrew Cardozo

From Originally published in Hill Times

Trudeau has plenty of fresh faces, proven talent to address clear gaps in his cabinet By ANDREW CARDOZO OCTOBER 1, 2021 Don’t expect too many departures, but expect some renewal as he puts forward a fresh new face on his six-year-old government ready t

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October 4, 2021

How Justin Trudeau became Lester Pearson (Cohen)

By Andrew Cohen

How Justin Trudeau became Lester Pearson by ANDREW COHEN First published in THE GLOBE AND MAIL OCTOBER 2, 2021 Andrew Cohen is a journalist, professor at Carleton University, author of Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson and co-editor (with J.L.

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September 26, 2021

A strong Liberal Govt should get moving (Cardozo)

By Andrew Cardozo

Trudeau’s position strengthened to do the big things While all five parties have roughly the same number of the seats as they had before the election, the dynamics and relevant strength have changed. In April 2013, days after Justin Trudeau became lead

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September 6, 2021

Could Politicians Reset the Playing Field for Low Wage Workers?

By Terrance Hunsley

We really need a policy on work and income.  Automation, robotization and AI may change things in the future, but so far, our society is organized around people working to support themselves and their family, and to contribute to the costs of a humane

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August 30, 2021

Parties Should be Precise on SENIORS CARE (Hunsley)

By Terrance Hunsley

The pandemic made Canadians aware of both the inadequacy of long term care facilities and services and of the tsunami of service needs sweeping over us as the baby boom turns 75. While most of Canada’s seniors are living in relative good health and con

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Oct 30

Pearson Centre Leadership Awards 2024: Salute Organized Labour

May 22

An Evening with the Right Honourable Joe Clark

Jun 6

An evening with the Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien

Current Initiatives

The Canadian Flag

What are Your Thoughts About the Canadian Flag? Invitation to a National Conversation

Send us your thoughts in words, pictures or videos. What do you feel the flag stands for and what does it mean to you?  Keep the words to under 150 and the videos to under 60 seconds and we'll post them.  The only requirements are that you be respectful and you post in English or French so they can have the widest reach.

Please send them to: Flag Project Coordinator, Pearson Centre: info@thepearsoncentre.ca

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Lester B Pearson: Canadian Visionary

Lester B. Pearson and his contribution to Canada.

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New Members of Parliament

New Members of Parliament share their thoughts and plans for the upcoming year.

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Progressive Podium

An innovative series of policy proposals that are bold, progressive, innovative and future-focused.

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